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May 2017 - Monthly Wrap-Up

I feel like I had a good May. I enjoyed the 3 day weekend that I had for Memorial Day and had a nice Mother's Day. I got a lot of reading done this month and really enjoyed almost all of the books that I read. I ended up with mostly 4 and 5 star reads this month which was wonderful.

I had an excellent reading month with a total of 17 books. I completed 6 audiobooks and read 10 books. I also had one dnf this month which was my first of 2017.

I came really close to blogging every day during the month of May. I ended up with 30 posts so I am really happy with those numbers. I also had my 1,000th blog post this month. I am pretty proud of that accomplishment since it didn't happen overnight.

I added way too many books to my TBR this month. I added quite a few review books to my pile and went a little crazy shopping for audiobooks. Oh well.

I tried really hard to visit other blogs during the month. I had a few days that were hard to manage with two power outages and a few real life activities that kept me busy. I always want to do more so I will keep trying to do better.

Outside of the Blog

My daughter finished the school year. She will be a junior in high school next year. Only two more years until she is done with high school. We are going to have to really start looking at colleges seriously in the next few months.

We had a pretty calm month at my house. We had a few end of the school year ceremonies to go to, my niece graduated from college and my niece and nephew turned 3 but nothing else really happened.

We are really starting to feel a bit like summer at my house. We almost have the pool open and we have been grilling out at least once a week. I even have a watermelon sitting in my fridge. It just feels more like summer.

The dogs are still making sure that I get my exercise. We have walked everyday (or really close to it) and we even took a family trip to the park. We learned that our youngest dog isn't really too good in the car with that little trip.

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How was your month? Do you have any reading or blogging goals for June?

Oh I remember junior year! I think I had dreams about the ACT we talked about it so much and I wasn't even the one talking about it! Looks like you had a good month despite the power outages. I'm super curious to see what you think of the Jill Shalvis book. I love her romances so I'm really curious to see how her more women's fiction title is.

From the moment Josie laid eyes on sexy, mysterious Shane Dean, she was in love. Their desire ignited a passionate affair, and within weeks, Shane had slipped a ring on her finger. It seemed her every fantasy was coming true . . . until her new husband disappeared without a trace. Now, two years and one broken heart later, Josie is shocked by the hospital calls: Shane has been found . . . at a crime scene with no memory of how he got there.

Her Love Can Save Him

Shane can't remember the blue-eyed angel at his bedside—or who he even is—but he knows something isn't right. His hearing is razor sharp, his physical strength incredible, and the urge to protect Josie overwhelming. For powerful enemies are hunting him, and Josie is the key to disc…

Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks. If you would like to join in, please feel free to enter your link and link back to this post, then spend some time visiting some of the other posts.

The Prisoner's Wife by Maggie Brookes
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group - Berkley
Publication Date: May 26, 2020
Date Read: May 25, 2020
Length: 400 pages
Source: Publisher ★★★★☆Inspired by the true story of a daring deception that plunges a courageous young woman deep into the horrors of a Nazi PoW camp to be with the man she loves.

In the dead of night, a Czech farm girl and a British soldier travel through the countryside. Izabela and prisoner-of-war Bill have secretly married, and are on the run, with Izzy dressed as a man. The young husband and wife evade capture for as long as possible, until they are cornered by Nazi soldiers with tracker dogs.

Izzy’s disguise works. The couple are assumed to be two escaped British soldiers and transported to a PoW camp. However, their true test has just begun as they face terrible living conditions and the constant terror of Izzy’s exposure. But in the midst of unimaginable horrors comes hope, for the young couple are befriended by a s…